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Ragtime (1981)

The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.

  • Drama
  • History

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Rating
7 / 10 (200 votes)
Release date
November 20, 1981
Runtime
2h 35m
Language
English
Director
Miloš Forman
Status
Released
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Top cast

  • James CagneyNew York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
  • Brad DourifYounger Brother
  • Moses GunnBooker T. Washington
  • Elizabeth McGovernEvelyn Nesbit
  • Kenneth McMillanWillie Conklin
  • Pat O'BrienDelmas
  • Donald O'ConnorEvelyn's Dance Instructor
  • James OlsonFather
  • Mandy PatinkinTateh
  • Howard RollinsCoalhouse Walker Jr.
  • Mary SteenburgenMother
  • Debbie AllenSarah

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